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UCL s Academic Board has overseen the most detailed and forensic study of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism yet, investigating its fitness for purpose following UCL s adoption of it in 2019.
The product of a year-long study by a Working Group established by the Academic Board, this major Report examines UCL s decision in 2019 to adopt the IHRA definition. It has involved consultation with eminent lawyers including Philippe Sands and Sir Geoffrey Bindman, as well as academic experts on antisemitism such as Brain Klug, and representatives of UCL s most relevant academic departments and of its Student s Union.
IHRA definition of anti-semitism is not fit for purpose, academic study finds
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UCL s Academic Board finds the IHRA definition of antisemitism not fit for purpose, urges the College Council to retract its adoption
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HS2 has the “legal right and moral obligation” to exclude a firm “involved in Israeli war crimes” from its tender process, lawyers have claimed.
Spanish manufacturer CAF is one of five bidders hoping to secure a £2.75 billion contract to supply high-speed trains to the HS2 rail project.
Palestinian rights groups have been calling on HS2 Ltd to drop CAF over its role in the Jerusalem Light Rail (JRL) expansion which links illegal settlements on occupied Palestinian land to West Jerusalem.
Now a legal brief drafted by Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights and the European Legal Support Centre, which was submitted to the government today, claims that the rail project is “legally entitled” to reject CAF’s bid on the grounds of “grave professional misconduct” and breaches of international law.
by Bethany Rielly
A FINANCIAL firm has once again paid out damages after falsely linking a Palestinian human rights campaigner with terrorism.
Europal chairman Zaher Birawi announced this week that he received damages in a settlement which required World-Check to remove his name from the terrorist category following a two-year-ordeal.
The campaigner said his inclusion on the list was “politically motivated” because of his work defending the human rights of Palestinians.
World-Check is used by 49 of the world’s largest 50 banks to provide clients with an “early warning system for hidden risk,” according to its promotional material.
The database was previously owned by Thomson Reuters before it was sold to investment giant Blackstone Group in 2018, and renamed Refinitiv.